espresso

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es⋅pres⋅so

[e-spres-oh]

–noun, plural -sos.

1.	a strong coffee prepared by forcing live steam under pressure, or boiling water, through ground dark-roast coffee beans.

2.	a cup of this coffee.

Origin:
1940–45; < It (caffè) espresso pressed (coffee)

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es·pres·so (ĭ-sprěs'ō, ě-sprěs'ō)

n. pl. es·pres·sos also ex·pres·sos
A strong coffee brewed by forcing steam under pressure through darkly roasted, powdered coffee beans.

[Italian (caffè) espresso, espresso (coffee), past participle of esprimere, to press out, from Latin exprimere : ex-, ex- + premere, to press; see per-⁴ in Indo-European roots.]

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Word Origin & History

espresso

1945, from It. caffe espresso, from espresso "pressed out," from pp. of esprimere, from L. exprimere "press out" (see express).

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